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Intellectual freedom stories from a shifting landscape / edited by Valerie Nye.

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ALA Editions, 2020.

Libraries -- Censorship -- United States.

Intellectual freedom -- United States.

9780838947265 (pbk.)

xviii, 186 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Protected by policy. Give them library cards! / Carrie Valdes -- Vitruvian Man and a threat to burn down the art library / Megan Lotts -- Adventures in book court / Sandra Parks -- Part II: Public events. Black Lives Matter die-in: library space as an intellectual freedom issue / Raina Bloom and Carrie Kruse -- Exposing a community: drag queen storytime in rural America / Jennifer Stickles -- Did we just normalize extreme views and make the library an unsafe place? / Daniel Forsman -- Part III: Difficult conversations. A library's response(ability) in #MeToo / Leah Shlachter -- Promoting intellectual freedom through a social book group / James Allen Davis and Hadiya Evans -- Part IV: Institutional decisions. The storage closet / Shana Chartier -- Fox and the hedgehog: when libraries are behind bars / Erin Boyington -- Widely read teens become well-rounded adults / Lisa Hoover -- Y colorin colorado, este cent se ha acabado [Snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out] / Care Fenoll Clarabuch -- Part V: Patrons challenging material. Transgender children's books in the public library / Tom Taylor -- Restoring EBSCO: the power of coalition and rapid response / Rebekah Cummings and Peter Bromberg -- "Bullshit hatred from cover to cover": Islamophobia in the age of Trump / Lorena Neal -- Anywhere USA / Joan Airoldi -- Part VI: Cultural sensitivity. "Just get rid of them": American Indian children's literature in the tribal college library / Rhiannon Sorrell -- Censorship and sensibility / Lara Aase.

"This book shares stories of censorship that librarians have experienced in their libraries. Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this text."-- From publisher.

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Nye, Valerie, 1971-

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